De la Vega

de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to:

People

(arranged by date of birth)

• Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536), Spanish poet and soldier
• Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), Peruvian poet and writer
• Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega (1558-1615), Spanish epic poet, playwright and historian
• Francisco Laso de la Vega (1568-1640), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile 1629-1639
• Luis Laso de la Vega (c.1622-?), Mexican author, priest and lawyer
• Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova (1636-1705), viceroy of New Spain 1686-1688
• Joseph de la Vega (c.1650-1692), Spanish merchant, poet, and philanthropist, later moved to Amsterdam
• Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (c.1715-?), Spanish governor of Cuba
• Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (c.1800-1877), an interim president of Mexico in 1855
• Daniel de la Vega (poet) (1892-1971), Chilean poet and playwright
• Luis Ignacio de la Vega (c.1914-?), Mexican Olympic basketball player
• Oscar Unzaga de la Vega (1916-1959), a Bolivian socialist politician
• Jorge de la Vega (1930-1971), an Argentine painter
• Sabas Pretelt de la Vega (1946- ), Colombian minister of the Interior and Justice
• María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (1949- ), Spanish Socialist Workers Party politician
• Ralph de la Vega (1951- ), the Chief Operating Officer of Cingular Wireless
• Jacqueline de la Vega (1960- ), Mexican TV show host in Spain and former model
• Florencia de la Vega (1976- ), Argentine transvestite actress and former magazine editor, known as Florencia De La V
• James De La Vega, NYC artist philosopher
• Cynthia de la Vega (1991- ), Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder.

Fiction

• Zorro, the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, whose fathers name is Alejandro de la Vega, created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley

Places

Dominican Republic

• Concepción de La Vega, a city in the central part of the Dominican Republic
• La Vega Province, Concepción de la Vega province of the Dominican Republic

Jamaica

• Spanish Town, or St. Jago de la Vega, former capital of Jamaica

Peru

• Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, principal stadium in Cusco, Peru

Spain

• Alcalá de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
• Osa de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
• Fresno de la Vega, a small village in county León, Spain

See also

• La Vega (disambiguation)
• Las Vegas (disambiguation)

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